says that they may be closer to rob's parties on the ground in boston and we'll have that report for you just ahead and he's back months after leaving office former congressman ron paul returns to the spotlight here about his new project when he speaks with r t. two days after violent clashes between guards and detainees that the u.s. military says a hunger strike to obey is expanding plus we're learning about a new report that looks at torture we'll sort through that just ahead. well it's wednesday april seventeenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret held and you're watching r t. and the city of boston is still reeling from the tragic events that rocked the city monday afternoon now two separate explosions ripped through the stands of the boston marathon injuring scores of onlookers and leaving three including an eight year old child dead as law

enforcement agencies can tell you to search for answers in the case artie's own honest as the a church going to joined us earlier from boston now i asked her for the latest on this investigation. well margaret what's happening right now is of course the investigation is ongoing it's certainly still in its first stages officials are not announcing any information as of yet it's very really a fluid investigation they're warning us two bombings of course what officials what we do know of course is that three people have died including an eight year old boy a twenty nine year old young woman and a chinese student twenty three years of age who was here studying unfortunately those are the three people that died we did have over one hundred and seventy five people injured over a dozen of them in critical condition in hospitals throughout boston many people remain in hospitals really a traumatic site for many doctors who say they've been traumatized themselves by you know seeing this sadly many of the people injured had to have additional surgeries even after things like amputations and terms of the investigation we're

here on the ground trying to find out anything we can in the hours to come what's the mood in boston today how are people coping with what's happened down there. well margaret you know the mood is certainly very somber people are still trying to digest what happened here on monday you know these these two bombings at the finish line at the boston marathon where thousands of people were gathered thousands of people were participating certainly something like this was you know to say the least was not expected by anybody and of course people are starting to pick up the pieces you know the downtown area people are going back to work students are returning to universities the area where the blast took place is still cordoned off the investigation there is ongoing pretty much around the clock and certainly you know while people are trying to really make something of exactly what it is that happened here to move forward with their lives certainly so boston a city with heavy surveillance cameras cameras everywhere and we have any clues

about the identity the nationality of the suspect did it in any camera caption on surveillance. margaret not yet there's certainly a lot of media attention surrounding this and everybody is waiting to find out if somebody is going to be arrested when this is going to happen you know and officials are trying to kind of keep up with all the questions and they're unable to do this yet there was some confusion earlier about whether or not an arrest has been made those reports were said to have been false by officials they said that you know no arrests have been made nobody's been brought into custody so we're waiting to hear whether or not this is something that might or might not happen in the hours and days to come ok so what can you tell us about the victims of the bombing you know any updates of those who are what their conditions are in the hospital. with margaret in terms of the victims you know sadly this is the kind of event where the blast took place that attracted people of all ages from

young to you know seniors and sadly we can confirm that the people who died the three people who died are certainly very young eight year olds a twenty three year old and a twenty nine year old the people who were injured were certainly of also different ages like i said earlier over a dozen of them over seventeen of them to be exact were in critical condition for a rather long time now these numbers are definitive diminishing local law doctors and hospitals throughout the city are saying they're still fighting around the clock in certain cases and are trying to do the best they can to save as many lives as possible ok so where does boston go from here on a stuffy and what are the recovery efforts that are under way as has all of this sunk in yet has it settled down. well in terms of the recovery efforts we do know that there is a health center that has been opened several blocks away from where the blast took place where of course witnesses and victims and victims' families are able to go to try to get some kind of psychological help the post trauma that they experience by professionals and this is something that certainly aim to help people on the ground

but you know boston those people i guess who weren't there they're still shocked that this occurred you know it's hard to imagine we're standing here on the street now it's a you know a lovely sunny afternoon and this was exactly the type the type of climate and the type of atmosphere that was around on the day of the bombings so certainly people are just observing what happened and trying to move on and waiting to find out who exactly was behind these attacks we do know that officials are still trying to find out whether it was an individual an organization whether this is a domestic or foreign attack ok so photos have come out with huge military presence in boston i mean military vehicles on the ground do you get that sense of the city is essentially on lockdown. i'm sorry is boston on lockdown yes to boston we believe these pictures that come out with military vehicles roaming the streets and i wanted to know if there's a sense that there's a military presence on the ground in boston. margaret certainly

security has been beefed up here tremendously in the in the time after the attack we did see you know military police presence military trucks and so forth but mostly these were on the ground for drills for preparations for extra security to help out the police if necessary thankfully only hours after the bombing took place officials were able to confirm early on that any immediate threat had passed thank you because your presence on the ground those people over there just for extra reinforce and see that was our t. correspondent on a study it sure going to think you. well for the first time since leaving office ron paul has returned to the spotlight today to r.t. is that the lopez joined me earlier to talk about paul's new institute a think take aimed at peace and prosperity. they're tending to change more than just politics here take a listen well it is a institute that is going to do exactly what his title suggests is going to promote

peace and prosperity in the ways that they're going to do that is through nine interventionism and also pushing a more comprehensive foreign policy agenda now these ideas are not necessarily new to run paul there are a lot and very new to some of the newer generations that are supporting him these are the same ideals that ron paul has been saying for decades and decades so i actually went and asked him you know if he wasn't able to accomplish these goals of no war nonintervention ism and a more comprehensive foreign policy right now and he wasn't able to accomplish that in all of his decades on the hill the why is he trying to push this now and also how is he changing his tactics so let's take a look at what he had to say to that over. it really is this different as it may seem because when i was on the inside i was really on the outside you know i was not i was not what the leadership called a team player and i was always talking to somebody outside with the whole idea of reaching people but i thought in a way there was

a little bit more political success than i ever dreamed three since the federal reserve i went to the outside when we lobbied people to lobby their congressmen and talk to them what was wrong with the fed it really came to life when we had a financial crisis so i didn't do that as an insider because i had no political clout i had nothing to offer they could trade votes and that sort of thing now congressman paul followed that by saying that to him the bigger job isn't trying to influence congress members it's trying to influence and actually start a groundswell from the outside because it is the people not the politicians that make these movements count and also he said that he wants to balance. his fundamentals with his constituents and also what he had represented in congress and that's something that he doesn't have to deal with anymore he doesn't have to play the game of politics and congress now he can completely one hundred percent push his ideals ok so many of these lofty ideas that peace and prosperity how are they going to accomplish this there are a lot of different ideas that they are working on right now the first thing that

they have going on is they just started an education curriculum for home school education that is going to focus on peace prosperity and also the future in terms of what they want to see nonintervention as and also foreign policy so they are focusing on that they've got a website that is up and running for that as well as other website that is up and running they are planning on doing a curriculum kind of thing and also an index talking about how exactly they are going to rank each congress member and continue on to talk about these pieces policies and how they're going to push that forward now one of the people that was really in support of ron paul is congress. dennis kucinich is one of the major players in the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity and him and his wife are both on the board of advisors for this institute and they talked about the importance of the idea of auditing the fed and how that plays into nonintervention ism if we can listen to that because i'm not sure america has been.

five or maybe up to five trillion dollars for these wars that were based on lies. and at the same time deficits go up more people want employed so war and poverty seem to go together and peace and prosperity comes together which is why i'm so happy to be part of this effort and continue to work outside the congress to run and i work together to create inside the congress so more of a you hear him talking about the economics of this you hear him talking about how money and war peace and problem in pop prosperity are often tied with one another and that is something that he says that we can actually start to prevent war and speak against war by auditing the fed and doing things like that ok so a lot of really lofty goals here in baghdad how talk to me about how this institution is different from other thing takes out there there are a lot of things that they say that they are working on they're not only going to be

putting out calling as an analysis and things like that well as i mentioned they're also going to be doing this index ranking people on their piece now congressman paul obviously has a lot of current and former lawmakers that are supporting his cause representative john duncan and judge andrew napolitano are among the board of advisors along with congressman walter jones and he is one of the people that was at this ceremony today that was one of the most vocal opponents of this type of institute and i want you to listen to what he has to say because it was very powerful and it really got the room riled up take a listen. i am the only one to tell you bill. he made a horrible mistake and voted to send our young men and women to die in iraq i will go to my grave regretting that vote the reason that this ron paul institute is critical. is because i do not know where the conscious is in washington anymore

with dennis still even in ron running for the presidency in jimmy and myself in just a few of those war is something that is just accepted but never debate it is your son that's dying not my son this is to toot is critical ok so you mention in non interventionism and the fed earlier how does the fed play into this magen that plays into it in a lot of ways as i was talking about the money really plays into it and all three of these men that we've heard from today all the other congressmen that really spoke at this event today have one thing that they want to get out and it's not only peace and prosperity is getting back to the constitution they want to have the president limited powers when it comes to being able to wage war they can we have to leave it there thank you so much for joining me in studio meccan lopez. well in afghanistan everyone from department of defense officials to foreign journalists

depend on afghans to translate interpret find them interviews and more just to get their jobs done and while these translators are paid for their work it doesn't come without significant risk now these are combat situations and the taliban and other groups target these afghans who help americans these interpreters many were promised to be says in exchange for their critical help and expertise now the state department has a backlog of lease applications that were promised with the u.s. troops who are pulling out of afghanistan at record pace and bases are closing hundreds of these afghanistan angels are finding themselves without jobs or the protection that comes with being with the u.s. military now for these who have aided the troops and are leaving them are we in fact leaving them high and dry as we withdraw from afghanistan r t producer amir david joined me earlier and filled us in on the latest. well just to give you an idea there are ten thousand afghan interpreters right now working on u.s.

bases in two thousand and nine congress did pass an act called the afghan allies protection act it authorized seventy five hundred special visa ok these are people that you know are going to be granted visas that can come over to the united states and immigrate here assimilate into the american culture just does anybody else the problem is as you mentioned there has been a number of in a session sees mostly it's just been incredibly inefficient and slow one problem is that the u.s. embassy in kabul has essentially failed to process these visas in a timely manner so they say that they've been understaffed that they've been under-resourced they actually were sending people over to the embassy in islamabad pakistan and i'm sure you can imagine for someone who is a high security risk to travel even from from kabul to islamabad is very very difficult just to give you an idea. until late two thousand and eleven the u.s.

embassy in kabul did not process a single visa a single visa and then in two thousand and nine since two thousand i should say more than fifty seven hundred afghans have applied under the program and only thirty two about visas are so why are we seeing so few if you've a says being not being given to these people why why are we holding back i really think that you know the state department issues these programs unfortunately there are there are large endeavors it takes a lot of sort of manpower a lot of a logistics to be figured out and sometimes they create these programs without sort of having the infrastructure in place to see them out to carry them out unfortunately it's not only people that are. people that have been waiting for years to be approved there are people that are flat out being denied of the people that have applied there are a lot that have. denied because the u.s. is saying that they have terrorist ties for example these are people that have

worked with the u.s. government have had background checks and security clearances but when they do the security clearance again when they want to actually apply to come to the united states the government then says you know what we've we found that you have you know a terrorist tie and we don't want you to be in the country and it could be some something very very minute and indirect so break it down for me what kind of dangers are these afghans facing i mean is there an extreme danger and this is a very serious situation i mean these visas are crucial to a widely good that's a fact in afghanistan for the taliban it's definitely guilt by association so they've actually issued a decree already that says if you worked with the u.s. government in any way shape or form from a small scale to a large scale you know we will come after you we will find you we will kill you and we will not only kill you but we will kill every single person and your family you can imagine how incredibly terrifying that is in terms of stats there are not whole lot of stats. about how many people have died it's mostly anecdotal but there are

estimates that say that one afghan is killed every thirty six hours due to their affiliation with the u.s. government so ok how to do it really tragic situation happening here so is it expected to get worse when the u.s. pulls out entirely i mean what's going to happen absolutely and you have to keep in mind right now that a lot of these interpreters are protected by the u.s. military right now a lot of them live very close to the base if not on the base so many of them feel somewhat secure right now but when the troops you know fully draw down when the u.s. leaves when they close down some of these bases you people are going to retreat back to these taliban controlled areas and they're going to face really really huge security crap because i'm sure you can imagine the taliban is probably already found and identified a lot of these. people in there just waiting for them you know so to come back says that they can i see sarah pushing them but we understand that iraq had this special

visa program in place so when the u.s. last you know we were able to get those people who needed them those visas how does this compare to the program without getting way so the iraq program was very very similar i was also passed by congress much much bigger they had promised five thousand special immigrant visas per year over a five year program that's twenty five thousand visas unfortunately similarly inefficient they've only been able to approve five thousand people so the program hasn't been able to do what it set out to do so it's very similar in that respect the main difference is that while with the a rocky program special visas were extended to people that worked for american companies and people that work for the news media and people that had looser i guess affiliations with the u.s. government those people were able to to apply for the visa but in afghanistan it's only for interpreters so in afghanistan it's more difficult because it's more limiting say so talk to me about what needs to happen now to resolve these issues

what does the u.s. need to do and what what do we need to get in play here for to make this happen well unfortunately it's all in congress' hands because these were enacted by congress and they basically they need to be extended by congress they do have rationed i believe one of them expires at the end of this year and the other one expires at the end of the two thousand and thirteen fiscal year so if congress doesn't come together and vote to extend them these people are going to be kind of left out in the dark there are there is a glimmer of hope there are some lawmakers who are saying that they're going to introduce legislation this month they are going to start to put pressure on the administration they believe that it is a matter of national security nineteen members of congress just last month that sent a letter to the white house to the president and said this has to happen now so lot

of information here thank you so much for joining me that was a mere david archie producer. now an update on what's happening with one ton of obey detainees military officials are defending a violent clash that took place this past weekend between detainees and those guarding them now attorneys for those being held say that they weren't able to communicate at all with their clients now this comes more than two months after a hunger strike among detainees began one of the longest and largest in the detention centers history now more than fifty detainees are taking part in the strike with at least fifteen being force fed now the constitution project task force just released a scathing report on detainee treatment in prisons and detention facilities from get most afghanistan to iraq after two years of study they say what's happening to these detainees constitutes torture now they add perhaps the most important or notable finding of this panel is that it's indisputable that the united states engaged in the practice of torture the second notable conclusion of the task force

is that the nation's highest officials bear some responsibility for allowing and contributing the spread of torture now david remes is a human rights attorney and defense attorney representing a detainee. it joined me earlier with the latest. well we don't know exactly what happened all we have is the military's word for what happened which i don't take at face value but according to reports the military moved most of the men who were in the most populous camp camp six which was a communal living arrangement into camp five which is an isolation cell arrangement they gave as a reason that they couldn't monitor the men in camp six because the men had covered the cameras but that doesn't wash because that situation has been going on for two or three months now i think that they're just trying to break the hunger strike and they picked a particularly brutal way to do it so the way i understand it military shows up in

riot gear they essentially storm you know so basically that's not what happened but we're not really sure what happened do we know how many prisoners were involved well i do think it's clear that they moved the detainees and i do think it's clear that they used to riot police and so forth and now it's emerging that there were casualties on both sides blood was shed we don't know more than that i should say and again all we have is what the military tells us certainly since no attorneys are being allowed in allowed to communicate with their clients at this point the way that i understand it you know cameras inside to kind of record what's happening so we kind of have to take their word at face value do we know what sparked this or is it just that underlying measure of trying to break up this strike on the issue of communication it appears to be a rather arbitrary policy i have a call scheduled at nine thirty tomorrow morning with a or rather a ninety minute call scheduled tomorrow morning with one of my clients yassine is smile we were employed by the justice department yesterday that he was being force

fed maybe they reserve calls for that kind of an urgent situation what sparked the hunger strike in the media terms was the military's attempt to reinstitute the policy of qur'an searches something that it had given up seven or eight years. to go after a similar hunger strike it's not the way that the grounds for being searched it's the very fact that they're being searched that offends the men i don't think that there would have been such an explosive reaction though without the underlying problem of indefinite detention that these men are entering their twelve year without charge without any end in sight i think that that was the combustible situation and the qur'an search was the match that lit the fuse certainly so you mentioned one of your clients and finally being able to communicate with him tomorrow and the way that we understand it he is one of those detainees being force fed is he able to talk to you at all about what's happening to him or is he in

a state where he you know tell me about him well i only will know the answer to that question tomorrow when i speak to him in the past he's been very lucid and he's told us a great deal about what has happened in his case over the years and during the hunger strike as a matter of fact i was there in early march and i've heard many details from many of my detainees kline's well that was human rights attorney david remes. well that's you know that here in the u.s. we actually have a government accountability office right now while our team is resident lori harvest exclaims. did you know there is something called the u.s.

government accountability office there it is i was incredibly surprised to learn of this because clearly the idea of accountability is anathema to the american government accountability is the u.s. government's kryptonite so how the accountability office exists i don't know but it does and obviously it sucks at its job or they're just trying to be ironic with their debut through the history of government agencies maybe but i guess they're trying to get some work done as they just issued their report called twenty thirteen annual report actions needed to reduce fragmentation overlap and duplication and achieve all their financial benefits. they should start by reducing their own report. anyway the report provides details about how much money the government misspent in two thousand and twelve by funding more than one program for the same and a goal as then paid for the same thing twice and then it provides suggestions for

how to remedy this situation so that the government can stop doing that and guess what the report found lots and lots and lots of duplicative spending which all added up to a waste of ninety five billion of our tax dollars in two thousand and twelve twenty twelve the federal government wasted ninety five billion dollars by funding many things twice already more than twice as they did in the case of catfish safety three federal agencies received funding to oversee the safety of catfish inspection one hundred fifty nine separate contracting groups received over two hundred million of our tax dollars to provide the department of defense boren language training services three federal agencies received funding to help small businesses export their crap to the rest of the world three separate programs received a combined four point three billion dollars to regulate water and wastewater

infrastructure in rural areas there is many many many more examples in the report and it's all pretty boring but if you want to check it out to torture yourself the report is on line at the accountabilities office web site. www dot gov it's two hundred ninety three pages long which is so short for government report that it's practically a tweet also if you go to their website you can use their action tracker which is a tool that allows you to select an area like defense or agriculture where there is duplicative spending see what the problem s. and then read what progress the government has made for that particular area the best part is that it doesn't really matter which area you're looking into the progress that's listed basically just says over and over again yeah that does suck we're looking into it that's government progress for you. it's all a case study in the grotesqueness of bureaucracy the layers and layers of crap that

pile on top of each other and bureaucracy accomplish two things which politicians love first these layers of crap do a great job of watering down accountability so that every politician can find a way to say they aren't responsible and second these layers of crap do a fantastic job of hiding corruption and following a paper trail to washington is like mounting a hunt for the holy grail armed with nothing but the map off the back of a cereal box you get nowhere fast and all you're left with is a bunch of government funded corn byproduct ninety five billion dollars of duplicate spending last year americans tonight let's talk about that by following me on twitter at the read that. that's going to do it for now for more on the start with stories we've covered go

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of public skyscrapers. today. grozny i'm your host. well in the response our top stories the chechen republic has

celebrated the birth of the prophet muhammad peace be upon him it's business it's sacred relics belonging to the prophet had been brought to the republic i. was muslim relics have been brought to chechnya from dubai and a met by the republic's leader himself runs on cutting off. the escorts the holy objects from the airport to the central mosque with thousands of muslim diversity is awaiting for them i. learned how twelve year old afraid of to spend the whole year waiting to see the prophet muhammad head along with other sacred remains it was his parents sent him to an islamic school ways studied the koran for all that time who. when he grows up wants to become a huffy is a scholar of the koran they are muslims who've memorized the in tile holy text.

stream has come true students from all over chechnya have gathered to see for themselves what it is they've been studying full. load while waiting for a site of the sacred relics elders line up for what's known as was her her home it's a special prayer for muslims in the caucasus it's sung to observe significant occasions and its times of mourning was the loop the loop that was the the prophet's personal belongings have rarely been allowed to leave the arab world a special exception has been made for chechnya oh yeah there's a guy who. i. have is dead. creating his life to just one goal learning the koran by heart he

spends eight hours every day to achieve just that. he has already memorized the most important. but because it hasn't studied the arabic language he doesn't yet fully understand their meaning. who. at the end of each day students have to read five pages of the koran to the teacher after that the entire school takes part in a common prayer. i'd. guess. then the mud we get up an hour before prayer we pray and then go to our classrooms but i'm classic to. bear we all repeat what we have learned after that we pray again then we read the book after breakfast we read yet again and then after lunch we memorize what we learned

a class. apart from scripture the students also have lessons in sport. taught from childhood that life is a struggle. but even on the wrestling mat they must play by shari'a rules. nation chianti according to sharia law we can strike the head that's a sin. wrestling is allowed. with boxing you can't hit here you can't hit the face. studies and lives in the have seen school which has one hundred students. he already knows the purpose of every muslims life . i paradise is for muslims who pray and go to hash hell as for the others.

paradise is beautiful those who don't believe in islam will burn in hell. there to show you and it's first steps to conquer the world of high style fashion house to house presented its collection in dubai. fashion designer showed off their lady for that was the collection to the arab audience the collection included over seventy every day and evening dresses as well as traditional muslim wedding dresses . everyone in the islamic fashion world knows the brownfield. you know arabic the word means garden of eden. photo shows off the splendor of. its clientele includes actresses business women and of course t.v. stuff. good afternoon good afternoon. i would like something special for tonight's show. it should be modest classical and yet at the same time traditional. t.v.

news anchor. is also an admirer of the fair. old clothes a handmade and they were in line with the modest islamic t.v. dress code this was the focus here isn't on the black color of the dress but on the precious stones it's just right for new year's eve show us or maybe for international women's day or maybe even our chechen women's day. for the sort of occasions we have special dresses. this is evening wear dresses like this can be worn at social events and weddings alike decorated with beads swarovski crystals and gemstones the pleasure of wearing one will cost around ten thousand dollars. this here we can see details of church and woman's national dress. this is the lower part of the dress this is the vest

specifically in traditional church and woman style the church and peoples. but this is more secular and modern we also use modern cots decorative trimmings and accessories it's all contemporary with the dress is designed with a more to envision. the first lady of chechnya could deliver also works as the chief fashion designer of. the most exclusive dresses like these are her designs. these details are made of gold or. diamonds city but also. these are traditional church and chest decorations that have a long history behind them there's also a traditional belt here that's handmade to work.

taxi driver. can't afford anything so expensive years of war ruined his livelihood. fell in his apartment building destroying several floors. but somehow it remained standing. after returning from war built it along with his neighbors. the first three floors were totally destroyed. the lower part. polis it has been completely destroyed now it's a good building not like the way it was. thought i'd see it like this. an estimate this isn't the cast of a hollywood film but the list of gas at the hotel groceries city. hotel in the caucuses was assessed by an expert commission and given a five star rating. this

building was opens to the world by a host of international showbiz celebrities. along with russian politicians circus acrobats and fireworks. the. hotel employee fatima never dreamed of seeing so many celebrities let alone and. everyone thought of the republic is a region of conflict. in this presidential suite. but quality is in line with international standards. he turned out to be a very friendly person he wasn't showing off or acting like you. so he chatted to the hotel staff. to get there with indeed he was

a very talkative person. tourism isn't the only growth industry and there's also show business right now the next church and it is being recorded in this studio. how do you translate the first line it's great kitchener right i need you to tear it from your heart and let it go to the listener will understand what you're singing even if he doesn't know. the chichen language. do with a smile let's go. originally planned to come to church for just two weeks but ended up staying much longer after being invited to work with young talent. he has worked with moscow popstars and while many songs from the capital around. the church and voice is

renowned for its purity you how did confucius put it if you are in the company of blind people. behave however the people around you behave in a dump yourself to the customs of the places you visit. russia needs laws like the laws here married young woman should not touch other man another man must not touch my woman if it was like maybe all this depravity we have now and the lack of discipline would perhaps not have happened. mission free credit three. free.

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enjoy your favorites. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't matter how would your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. this is how the birth of the prophet muhammad is celebrated in chechnya. chechnya secular leader is also present no religious event takes place without him . i have. this islamic leaders from india kuwait saudi arabia the united arab emirates and bus train them to visit cut it off.

was a few years ago it was known worldwide as a war torn and mutinous republic was today chechnya is a russian region striving to become a focal point for the muslim world was . the republic of chechnya as a super model. with everything on offer this is russia this is chechnya. grozny is simply a beautiful city. one should give credit to the republic the inflator and our nation which was united around its president its king. i think there is nothing unusual in this.

knockdowns competition has come to an end and i have tried to split into the participants the dance is full and deep meaning that everything is important from the movements to the dancers expressions. following tradition has become a national project for. the national vine no hearses to showcase the chechen nation's image. at first sight it looks like a regular performance but even here the dancers must observe strict islamic rule custom. the men must not on. any circumstances touch the women not even their clothes. recently. criticized the dunces for

not following tradition the women looked into the eyes of young men as well as highlighting their figures by raising their arms to. dances with the man she must not raise her arms above her shoulders. she does not have this right. arms should always dominate over the woman this is an important detail. following the war. found religion he sold his apartment to put the money towards building a house overlooking a mosque on the outskirts of grozny when he comes home from work his wife makes a traditional delicacy. at the family table tradition

dominates everything. i didn't eat with my father he had eight children but none of us joined him. this is what tradition states. she is a type of dumpling served with meat. is sour allows his sons and younger daughter to join him at the table but his wife and older daughter dine separately. lose. when his sons older brother month joins them for dinner they sell office him the head of the table. it's forbidden even to smoke in the presence of elders regardless of their age twenty years all sixty. you have to respect your elders if one does not respect their elders there will be neither order nor peace at home thank you.

from an early age children learn the islamic way of life they pray before eating and pray before going to sleep. by the age of four they know how a real chechen man and woman should look. at it. each kindergarten has its own teacher responsible for religious education. often also visit to reprint as with the children. load little over. a load. load of clothes.

we live according to the law and according to islamic schools the islam spit on the national islam is first of course we have muslims on public religious law first and . second if you then i think by the lord the russian federation may have proud of his. in the world of fashion the dress code is even more strict at this church in modeling schools where women are taught about the catwalk passout go into modeling is not a highly regarded profession in chechnya as it is in european russia a young woman is not supposed to display her beauty in public especially if she is married. many young women are not allowed to enter the modeling school. for you i don't see that your legs are tired your backs are tired and you are very hungry but you have to work it is difficult to be a model it is not about putting on a beautiful dress and going to the store to buy sausages. world fashion centers

like paris and milan have shown interest in church and models but unmarried women cannot even leave the country by themselves and there are strict limits when it comes to wearing european clothes. we cannot wear a swimsuit model cannot go on the catwalk in a swimsuit we have our own rules. all clothes have to be below the knee and the head has to be covered with a head scarf over the. i used to practice judaism when she lived in kazakhstan then she married a chechen man converted to islam and came to work in chechnya. now she wears a similar to a job she manages the modeling school which is based in one of the most prestigious beauty salons. it's well equipped including a spa and fitness center everything a model needs when asking this club is for women only men are for.

always dreamed of becoming a model when she was a child now she's twenty one. when she gets married she'll have to forget all about the catwalk there's nothing more important to a chechen woman than family. if a husband doesn't like something if he prohibits his wife from working she will of course be atonement. fabulous. next month she'll appear on the front cover of a fashion magazine. but the fashion shoot is a modest event with no extravagance. a head scarf is a must dress is a loose fit and down to the heel and. restrained. we

don't trying to be like you like the west we have all our own cultures and besides we know it's the twenty first century this is not something new for us nothing surprising so much a new study to the biggest project in the history of chechnya and ice rink sport centers cinemas offices and more in other words a city within a city. prefers not to bring his family to this shopping and entertainment center there are too many temptations. when the city was in ruins they have to shop elsewhere but now the situation has reversed every one of the caucuses flocks to chechnya fashion boutiques cinemas. and many other attractions a rule here. and now we should hear. their shooting range was different before. it was

natural. now it's a game. after a busy day drives home through the city. to be seen. as falling from the sky. or returning to the city and tourists visit to. good living. off. people.

the city. is truly. quite literally. fifty. to the music. and of course pink floyd. it's not a particularly profitable business he had. to settle his

debts. to the city. this. is a business and i custom is my business. never leave this basement. and i have no idea what's going on in this. business. music and the cool of the ways in luxury and glamour in the islamic tradition. skyscrapers shopping centers and mosques all side by side symbols of a modern uniting be incompatible.

let them go and that was our program for the evening i've been your host. we wish you all the best and hope to see you next time fix your head scarf the scarf what's wrong with it. look at camera two. yeah and that concludes our programs i've been your host milan and i have a thank you and goodbye. it

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